NEW DELHI: A seven-year-old girl was gagged and sexually assaulted inside a room on the first floor of a government school in north Delhi's Mangolpuri area on Thursday. As news of the incident spread on Friday, mobs took to the streets, throwing stones, vandalizing buses and cars, damaging a hospita

New Delhi: As many as 254 lives have been lost in the country due to swine flu during the current year till February 24, with Rajasthan reporting maximum of 105 deaths. According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 2,267 persons have tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus acros

In one of the biggest fires in the city, at least 18 people are believed to have been killed when a fire broke out in the small hours of Wednesday. They were trapped inside the building which housed shops selling inflammable materials like wedding cards and gift items. The fire has now been br

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presents his maiden budget today. A day before presenting his maiden budget in Parliament, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that there was a demand for more trains. But he did not disclose whether he would concede it, as his predecessors did. “The go

New Delhi: In an important landmark for the Indian space program, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV today placed the second Indo-French satellite 'SARAL' and six other co-passengers or small satellites from Canada, Austria, Denmark and the UK in orbit. The PSLV-C20, which was earlie

Mumbai: A self-employment guidance workshop was organized in Mumbra on 24 February, 2013 by Jamaat e Islami Hind (JIH) Mumbra in collaboration with Al – Aqsa Education and Welfare Trust, Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and National Small Industry Centre (NSIC). “As unemp

Seeking cooperation of all sections ahead of Parliament session, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said “credible action” is needed from all to ensure that the country is least affected by the “formidable challenges” posed by the global economic slowdown. Mr. Singh said Parliament was mee

All the perfumes of Arabia - By Markandey Katju Narendra Modi is being projected by a large section of Indians as the modern Moses, the one who will lead the beleaguered and despondent Indian people into a land of milk and honey, the man who is best suited to be the next Indian Prime Minister. An

New Delhi: What began as an offer of 10 lakh cheap air tickets from SpiceJet in January has escalated into an all-out price war, after Jet Airways announced what it pegged as its 'biggest air ticket sale' yesterday, offering 20 lakh seats on over 450 domestic flights daily at rail-ticket rat

New Delhi: The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions is into its second day today. Banks are shut like yesterday and public transport in many cities remains affected. Noida adjoining Delhi, where factories and vehicles came under mob attacks yesterday, is under heavy police wat

[caption id="attachment_26784" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Commuters wait for transport beside parked taxis during the first day of a two-day nationwide strike in India on Wednesday. (AP)[/caption] NEW DELHI: Many Indian banks were closed and public transport disrupted on Wednesday because o

On a visit to Amritsar, British Prime Minister David Cameron  described the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 as "a deeply shameful event in British history." "We must never forget what happened here," he said of the shooting of nearly 1000 peaceful Indian protestors by British troops on the orde

  PATNA: Despite global economic slowdown and sagging domestic demand, Bihar has managed to record 11.95% annual growth rate, the highest among all the states, during the 11th Plan period. According to the Economic Survey 2012-13 tabled by deputy CM and finance minister Sushil Kumar Modi

New Delhi: I had to speak out as people of India are being misguided by Modi. I have criticized Delhi govt, I have criticized Maharashtra govt in the Aseem Trivedi case. Look at the level BJP is stooping to calling me a vagabond. I think Mr. Jaitely should resign and take sanyas. He t

New Delhi: After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley asked Markandey Katju to quit, the Press Council Chairman today shot back, saying it is Mr Jaitley who should resign as "he is unfit for politics." In an article on the BJP website, Mr Jaitley had written that Justice Katju's a

Mangalore: Union Minister for Minority Affairs K Rehman Khan inaugurated the renovated Jamiya masjid in Kudroli here on Saturday. Addressing the gathering, he said that the most difficult task among the Muslim community is achieving unity. However, here two separate jamaths have been united to const

  Ahmedabad, Feb 15 (PTI) The Gujarat High Court today upheld by a majority verdict the constitutional validity of the Centre's pre-matric minority scholarship scheme, saying that it was "affirmative action" and not a discriminatory scheme. It also said that such a scheme would be permissib

NEW DELHI: The Rs 3,546 crore deal for 12 AgustaWestland AW-101 helicopters is going to be scrapped. The defence ministry (MoD) on Friday initiated action for cancellation of the contract inked in February 2010. It issued a formal show-cause notice to the UK-based subsidiary of Finmeccanica to e